While much of the focus in the lead-up to the NAB AFL Draft is around the top selections, history shows many of the league’s best players have fallen down the order.

Take the competition’s games’ record holder for example; Brent Harvey, selected with pick 47 in the 1995 National Draft. He went on to play 432 games.

But while Harvey is the obvious standout for North, he’s not the only one who can be considered a Draft bargain.

In part two of the Draft Bargains series, NMFC.com.au looks back at the Roos’ best selections from 2000 onwards.

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2000 – Pick 60 – Corey Jones – 157 games

In one of the more successful drafts for the club, Jones was taken with the Roos’ final pick.

While pick 6, Dylan Smith, played just six AFL games, the likes of Daniel Motlop (47 games), Daniel Harris (149 games), Drew Petrie (316 games), Saverio Rocca (101 games) and Daniel Pratt were among North’s selections in 2000.

Jones fell at pick 60, but barely six months later was in the North side.

In and out of the side over his first couple of seasons, he had a breakout year in 2003, playing 19 games and booting 27 goals.

Arguably his best year came in 2007, when the left-footer booted 46 goals.

Jones was one of just 17 players in the 2000 Draft to play over 150 games.

2005 – Pick 43 – Andrew Swallow – 208 games*

Listed at pick 7 in The Herald Sun’s revisited Draft feature, Swallow debuted in his first season, and by 2007 was a regular in the number 19.

He relinquished his spot the following season, before opportunity knocked in Round 1 of 2009. Selected in the side as an injury replacement, Swallow never looked back.

He played every game for the season, and despite being in VFL contention at the start of the year, won the Syd Barker Medal.

After another Club Champion award in 2011, the courageous onballer was named captain, a title he carried with aplomb until the end of the 2016 season.

Of the 2005 Draft class, Swallow sits sixth for games played with 208.

2006 – Pick 37 – Todd Goldstein – 171 NMFC games*

Three ruckmen were taken before Goldstein in ’06, but the former basketballer developed into the standout of the bunch.

Like any ruckmen, he took time; Goldstein didn’t debut until late in his second season, but by 2010 he’d become a regular, despite competition from fellow big man Hamish McIntosh.

Known for his outstanding fitness, the number 22 has played 21 games or more in each of the last seven seasons.

In 2015, he had his best season to date, named as an All-Australian and won his first Syd Barker Medal.

In Fox Sports’ Revisited feature, Goldstein was listed as the third best pick of the Draft, 34 picks earlier than his actual selection.

2006 – Pick 53 – Lindsay Thomas – 196 NMFC games*

Sixteen selections after Goldstein, North landed a small-forward from Port Adelaide in the SANFL, Lindsay Thomas.

He burst onto the scene, with four goals in a pre-season game against Collingwood.

Over the past ten seasons, Thomas has been one of the Roos’ most consistent goal-kickers, his best year coming in 2011 when he booted 53 goals.

The number 12 was listed at pick 12 in Fox Sports’ Retrospective feature.

2006 – Pick 82 – Aaron Edwards – 78 NMFC games

After a short stint at West Coast, Edwards was back in the VFL, lining up for the Frankston Dolphins.

He booted over 100 goals, casting himself into the eye of AFL recruiters once again.

Nevertheless, he fell to pick 82 and landed at Arden Street.

Perhaps Edwards’ best season came in 2011, when he booted 36 goals in 19 games, earning a reputation for his deadly accuracy in front of goal.

In 78 games, he booted 122 goals as a bargain pick 82, before moving to Richmond to finish his career.

2007 – Pick 37 – Scott Thompson – 179 NMFC games*

One of the standouts of the ’07 Draft, Thompson had a rapid progression, from playing in the Geelong Football League, to the VFL, to the AFL in the space of two seasons.

Relentless in his pursuit to stop the opposition’s best forwards, he earnt a reputation as one of the league’s best defenders.

Thompson’s niggling approach was the topic of much debate, but he has continued to perform at the highest level over the past nine seasons, winning a Syd Barker Medal and All-Australian honours in 2013.

Fox Sports’ Revisited feature had Thompson listed at number 12 of the ’07 Draft crop.

2013 – Pick 47 – Ben Brown – 55 NMFC games*

Still with plenty to prove, Brown has put his hand up as a great bargain for North over his first three seasons.

Already with over 90 goals to his name, the North cult figure, known for his signature locks had a career-best year in 2016 with 41 goals.

He sits tenth for games played among the 2013 Draft crop.